(Lawyer (fish)) The burbot (Lota lota), from old french barbot, is the only freshwater gadiform (cod-like) fish. It is also known as mariah, the lawyer, and (misleadingly) eelpout, and closely related to the common ling and the cusk. It is the only member of the genus Lota.

boston

A variation of the waltz or of the two-step

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Boston (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region.

A card game resembling solo whist

Bo‘ston or Bustan (Bo‘ston, Bostan, CAB0=) is a town and seat of Ellikqala District in Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.

labor

Workers, esp. manual workers, considered collectively

Work, esp. hard physical work

Such workers considered as a social class or political force

a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

tug: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She ted for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

Labor Day

Here in the US, this is the Labor Day weekend, a holiday created in recognition of the organized labor movement.

"Whatever their faults, unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country."—Bruce Springsteen

"Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts."—Molly Ivins

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves."—Lane Kirkland

"Every advance in this half-century—Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another—came with the support and leadership of American Labor."—Jimmy Carter

"The labor movement is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth."—Wendell Phillips

(Pictured above: A 1937 issue of Westinghouse Magazine that I found at my mom's house this summer. The cover illustration reminds me of WPA-era murals.)